Alex Charlton

London

Editor at Sports Gazette

Freelance EFL and Sunderland AFC Club Writer at Football League World

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Regis Le Bris 'to work wonders' to seal Lauriente transfer at Sunderland

4 days ago | mackemnews.com | Alex Charlton

Tue 24 June 2025 13:30, UK Sunderland are to embark on a transfer window like no other ahead of their return to the Premier League. After windows of careful and considered low spending on younger talents, the Black Cats are expected to spend big this summer. Jobe Bellingham and Tommy Watson have already exited the Stadium of Light, while Enzo Le Fee has joined permanently for a club record fee. Now, Regis Le Bris is set to utilise his list of contacts to secure a second signing for the Wearsiders.
Opta and the growing influence of data in sport

1 week ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Alex Charlton

Everything in sport can be measured. From expected goals to line-breaking passes, patterns of play to ground duels, Opta has it covered. Armed with this arsenal of information, coaches, captains, and pundits are strategising and talking about the game. It influences fantasy football hopefuls. Punters at the pub and youth coaches are now talking about errors leading to goals.
Jordan Henderson transfer news demanded after Sunderland latest on talkSPORT

2 weeks ago | mackemnews.com | Alex Charlton

Thu 12 June 2025 17:00, UK Jordan Henderson could be involved in one of the transfer sagas of the summer with his boyhood club, Sunderland. The midfielder currently captains Ajax, but there are doubts whether their new manager wants him. This has led to Henderson being touted with a move back to Sunderland, after he watched them win the play-off final against Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium.
West Ham top football arrests table for third successive season

2 weeks ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Alex Charlton

West Ham United have topped the table for the highest number of supporter arrests in the top five divisions of English football. One hundred and three Hammers fans were arrested during the 2023/24 season, up 89 from the previous campaign, according to data from the Home Office. Around two-thirds of those arrests came at the London Stadium, as the Irons retained their title for a third successive season.
Sunderland: The fall and rise of a sleeping giant

3 weeks ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Alex Charlton

I f*****g love VAR. As Harrison Burrows wheeled off in celebration, the silence in the Wembley West End was piercing. Sheffield United 2-0 Sunderland. As many predicted, the Black Cats had used one life too many. At that moment, there was an acceptance that the play-off final was one step too far. It had been an opening half an hour of Blades dominance, Anthony Patterson had already pulled off the save of his career to deny Kieffer Moore’s pinpoint header into the bottom corner.
Riding the wave of the Bristol longboard revolution

1 month ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Alex Charlton

“My longboarding journey randomly started with buying a skateboard from a high street shop in Exeter when I was in my second year of university. To this day, I don’t know why I bought a skateboard or what guided me to buy it because none of my family or friends skated,” Danielle Davis recalls, pondering over the moment that changed her life. As many do when they buy a skateboard, Danielle taught herself on YouTube and practised a bit before breaking her arm.
Non-League manager gave Bristol City team talk at age nine

2 months ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Alex Charlton

A cousin who managed Sunderland, an uncle who managed Bristol City, Max Johnson was born to be a football manager. At age nine, Johnson was given the opportunity by his uncle [Gary] to share his insights with the players and coaching staff in the Robins’ dressing room. Just metres away, future England manager Gareth Southgate was delivering his half-time team talk to his Middlesbrough side.
Sunderland AFC got Denver Hume decision correct on Portsmouth, Grimsby Town evidence

2 months ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Alex Charlton

Sunderland have utilised their academy to great effect in recent years, with Chris Rigg, Anthony Patterson and Tommy Watson all making a mark on the first team. When the club were lingering in League One, Denver Hume was one of the club's most promising youth prospects and was given his chance to make an impact in the starting eleven. Ultimately, he was not deemed up to standard at the Stadium of Light and his journey since solidifies the decision made by the Black Cats in 2022.
Where Birmingham City's new stadium would rank in England's biggest grounds

2 months ago | footballleagueworld.co.uk | Alex Charlton

Birmingham City's stature in English football continues to steamroll after it was confirmed by owners, Knighthead, that the club will be moving to a new stadium. The Blues have been making significant strides on the pitch and are going to be returnung to the Championship for 2025/26. The club are hellbent on matching this success off the pitch too and owner Tom Wagner claims that the new stadium will have a capacity of around 62,000 when completed, according to The Sun.
Premier League Darts and the curse of the nine-darter

2 months ago | sportsgazette.co.uk | Will Gupwell |Alex Charlton

Hole in one, 147- break or nine-darter. The trend went viral recently, with debates about which is the hardest achievement in sports. Perhaps it’s impossible to say with the debate endless, with each requiring extreme precision, skill and even a little bit of luck. In darts, the nine-dart finish sends the crowd wild, beers go flying, and the elation is unmatched- it’s what every darts fan and player lives for.